EOD 8 – About to turnover 1,000 miles to go!
July 12, 2022
We’re somewhere out in the Pacific, approximately 1,000 miles from the closest land. That milestone has always been a little unsettling to me. In 2016, where the race was brutally exhausting, it was such a relief to see our GPS start the countdown at 1,000 miles, then 999 miles, where we felt like we were
EOD 7 – Keepin’ on Truckin’
July 12, 2022
Today was pretty straightforward. We sailed west as fast as we could in slowly lowering wind speeds. Last night saw some great breeze and great boat speeds. We did 228nm between 3pm-3pm, which is fantastic for us and faster than all the Monday/Tuesday starters + all but one of the Thursday starters. We also had